Despite difficulties with getting access to COVID-19 vaccines earlier in the year, roughly 1,800 people in Unalaska were vaccinated at a mass vaccination clinic on Thursday.
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NTSB: Witness says tribal health executive was distracted before his helicopter disappeared over Gulf of Alaska
A witness who spoke with Andy Teuber before his helicopter went missing told investigators the executive was “distracted, and was not himself,” according to a preliminary report.
Alaska prisons remain closed to visitors as mistrust undermines vaccination effort
While high infection rates and the vaccination campaign have given prisoners some protection, crowded conditions mean current vaccination rates aren’t enough for prisons to reopen for visitors.
Federal dollars could be ‘game changer’ for Alaska families
With the child tax credit, families could get as much as $300 per month per child, starting in July.
Anchorage wants to let Alaskans turn smartphones into COVID-19 trackers. State officials aren’t sold yet.
Some two dozen states, from Washington to Wyoming to North Carolina, have already launched exposure notification apps.
Update: Human remains found in Port Protection man’s burned home
A trooper dispatch Monday said the state’s deputy fire marshal ruled the fire that destroyed Muehlberger’s home was an accident.
Juneau’s new hospital CEO has been working at Bartlett for 28 years
The hospital’s Board of Directors chose current Chief Nursing Officer Rose Lawhorne to lead.
Fish and Game expects smaller fleet and lower daily harvests in Sitka sac roe herring fishery
Fish and Game conducted aerial surveys through the weekend, with schools of herring spotted near Bieli Rock and Vitskari Rocks. The fishery went on two-hour notice Saturday at 8 a.m.
Troopers: After shooting officer, Nunapitchuk man shot his way out of cell
Daris Larson of Nunapitchuk, age 37, is being charged with attempted murder in the first degree.
Alaska educators breathe sigh of relief as hundreds of millions of federal dollars roll in
Nearly $359 million from the American Rescue Plan will go to Alaska elementary and secondary schools.